Hallucinations are an inner experience in which most of the time you forget you're there.

Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.

It's funny, when you start talking about primitive scenes, so many people have seen their parents having sex.

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.It's not about competing. It's mostly about someone who did something that blew your mind and you want to see if you can render the joy.

The negative has to be done on an A and B [roll] so you don't see the cuts, the splices on the frameline.

I'm brighter when I'm not drunk; when I'm drunk, I lose part of my IQ.

Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.